Who is that trying to vacuum it up and why is he not at the valve turning it the hell off?

We usually have a sprinkler head break once every 3 months or so.

It was actually the main water feed into the building from the street. The photo was taken about 6 minutes in. It took them about 35 to get the valve shut off. So much water came in, that it flooded the elevator shafts and shorted the main electrical system of the building. School was then canceled.